What's amazing is it happened so fast. Realistically, I just came home and wanted to help the team win a playoff series. That's really what the goal was. Then Roger signed.

I want to help this team take that step to get into a World Series, ... For the organization and for the city, it's extremely important to me.

He's got major decisions to make. I would never try to ask him or persuade him to do anything that he doesn't want to do.

Obviously, the starting pitcher, you've got to set the tone. The first inning, give up three runs, that's just terrible. It's extremely disappointing. I'm embarrassed. I don't know what to say. I've got to go around to every guy and apologize.

I said, 'Oh gosh, I've got to somehow, some way, get ready to pitch Game 5 in Atlanta,'

Give them a lot of credit: When I made a bad pitch, they took advantage of it.